May 2021

ASSAM An institution that’s given Assam 7 of its 15 CMs   When Himanta Biswa Sarma is sworn-in as Assam’s 15th CM, he will be the seventh ex-student of northeast’s premier education institute, Cotton University (formerly Cotton College) to occupy the post of chief minister of the state.   Assam’s first premier in pre-Independence period, Saiyid Muhammad Saadulla, also studied at … Read more

ASSAM   Assam’s BJP government plans bill to protect cows   While addressing the newly-elected 15th Assam legislative assembly, governor Jagdish Mukhi  said the state government was planning to introduce a bill on cow protection in the next assembly session to ban cattle transport outside the state. Mukhi also underlined the BJP-led government’s commitment to recover the lands of … Read more

ASSAM Covid screening begins in 28,000 villages in Assam   The Assam health department on Tuesday launched a drive to screen and test people in 28,000 villages across 33 districts for Covid-19 in a bid to isolate the maximum number of hidden positive cases. The Assam Community Surveillance Plan (ACSP), as the drive has been named, has been undertaken to … Read more

ASSAM   Lockdown, poor rainfall set to bring down Assam’s tea yield   After being hit hard by Covid-induced lockdowns last year, Assam’s tea industry is reeling from rainfall deficit this year, and as a result tea production till May is projected to drop by about 60 million kg as compared to the same period … Read more

ASSAM   Bhutan king issues decree on oxygen plant work to help India   Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on Monday issued a royal decree on request from India to permit resumption of construction work of a private oxygen plant, which was hit due to a lockdown … Read more

ASSAM   Assam: Keep bills moderate, IMA appeals to private hospitals   The Assam state branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has expressed deep concern at the reported instances of ‘inappropriate’ or ‘exorbitant’ billing by a few private health care establishments during the Covid crisis.   The medicos’ body is mulling over the idea … Read more